Poussin's women : sex and gender in the artist's works / Troy Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Troy, author.

Series:

Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700.

Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.

Poussin, Nicolas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Poussin's Women: Sex and Gender in the Artist's Works examines the paintings and drawings of the well-known seventeenth-century French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) from a gender studies perspective, focusing on a critical analysis of his representations of women. The book's thematic chapters investigate Poussin's women in their roles as predators, as lustful or the objects of lust, as lovers, killers, victims, heroines, or models of virtue. Poussin's paintings reflect issues of gender within his social situation as he consciously or unconsciously articulated its conflicts and assumptions. A gender studies approach brings to light new critical insights that illuminate how the artist represented women, both positively and negatively, within the framework in his seventeenth-century culture. This book covers the artist's works from Classical mythology, Roman history, Tasso, and the Bible. It serves as a good overview of Poussin as an artist, discussing the latest research and including new interpretations of his major works.

Contents:

Violence and virtue in Poussin's representations of women

Poussin's women

cultural and social frames

Paintings and drawings.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).

Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-370) and index.

ISBN:

1-003-70186-8

90-485-6684-3

90-485-5238-9

9781003701866

OCLC:

1181774086